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  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
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  • 1.4 Noun
    • 1.4.1 Synonyms
    • 1.4.2 Hypernyms
    • 1.4.3 Derived terms
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English

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Alternative forms

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• step-father

Etymology

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From Middle English stepfader, from Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr (“stepfather”), equivalent to step- +‎ father.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäiffoar (“stepfather”), Dutch stiefvader (“stepfather”), German Low German Steevvader (“stepfather”), German Stiefvater (“stepfather”), Swedish styvfar (“stepfather”), Icelandic stjúpfaðir (“stepfather”).

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: step‧fa‧ther

Noun

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stepfather (plural stepfathers)

1. (in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
   • 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal‎[1], New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 47:My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.
2. (in the broad sense) The husband of one's parent distinct from one's biological father or person with a similar relationship.
   • 2015, Werner A. Mueller, Monika Hassel, Maura Grealy, Development and Reproduction in Humans and Animal Model Species, Springer, →ISBN, page 188, column 2:In suboptimal cases the gynaecologist takes sperm from anonymous donors. In this case the husband can only be stepfather of the child.
   • 1953, Cyril Dean Darlington, The Facts of Life, page 433:Telegony or Inheritance from the StepfatherThe earliest reference to telegony ( which has no connection with the son of Odysseus ) is supposed to be in 1665 but the classical case is that described in the Philosophical Transactions of […]
   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

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• stepdad (informal)
• co-father
• father-in-law (dated)

Hypernyms

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• stepparent

Derived terms

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• ex-stepfather

Related terms

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• stepaunt
• stepbrother
• stepchild
• stepdaughter
• stepfamily
• stepfather-in-law
• stepmother
• stepnephew
• stepniece
• stepsister
• stepson
• stepuncle

Translations

[edit] husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father

Albanian: vitërk (sq) m, njerk (sq) m Arabic: زَوْج الْأُمّ m (zawj al-ʔumm), رابّ m (rābb) Armenian: խորթ հայր (xortʻ hayr), հորու (hy) (horu) (archaic), հորա (hy) (hora) (archaic) Aromanian: nuercu m, nercu m Asturian: padrastru (ast) m Azerbaijani: ögey ata Basque: aitaorde (eu) Belarusian: айчы́м m (ajčým) Bulgarian: вто́ри баща́ m (vtóri baštá), дове́ден баща́ m (dovéden baštá), пастро́к m (pastrók) Burmese: ပထွေး (my) (pa.htwe:) Catalan: padrastre (ca) m Central Sierra Miwok: hajˀi- Chinese: Mandarin: 繼父 / 继父 (zh) (jìfù) Czech: nevlastní otec m, otčím (cs) m Danish: stedfar (da) c, bonusfar c Dutch: stiefvader (nl) m Esperanto: vicpatro, (sometimes) duonpatro Estonian: kasuisa Faroese: stjúkfaðir m Finnish: isäpuoli (fi) French: beau-père (fr) m, parâtre (fr) m Friulian: padreu m Galician: padrasto (gl) m Georgian: მამინაცვალი (maminacvali) German: Stiefvater (de) m, (gender-neutral) Stiefelternteil (de) m or n Greek: πατριός (el) m (patriós), θετός πατήρ m (thetós patír), θετός πατέρας m (thetós patéras) Ancient: πατρυιός m (patruiós) Hanunoo: ama ulong Hebrew: אׇב חׂרֵג \ אב חורג (he) m (av khorég) Hindi: सौतेला बाप m (sautelā bāp) Hungarian: mostohaapa (hu) Icelandic: stjúpfaðir m, stjúpi m Ido: stifa patro, stif-patro (io) Indonesian: ayah tiri (id), bapak tiri (id) Ingrian: isintimä, ätsintimä, ätsimä Irish: leasathair m Italian: patrigno (it) m Japanese: 継父 (ja) (けいふ, keifu, ままちち, mamachichi) Javanese: bapak kuwalon Kashmiri: وورٕ مول (vōrụ mōl) Kazakh: өгей әке (ögei äke) Korean: 계부(繼父) (gyebu), 새아버지 (saeabeoji), 의붓아버지 (uibusabeoji) Kumyk: оьгей ата (ögey ata) Kyrgyz: өгөй ата (ögöy ata) Latin: vītricus m, patraster m, novercus Latvian: patēvs m Lithuanian: patėvis m Lower Tanana: -to' nelanenh Luxembourgish: Stéifpapp Macedonian: очув m (očuv), потатко m (potatko) Malagasy: raikèly (mg) Māori: pāpā whakaangi, matua whakaangi, mātua kē Middle English: stepfader Mongolian: Cyrillic: хойд эцэг (xojd eceg) Navajo: hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní, hazhéʼé jíłʼíní Norwegian: Bokmål: stefar m Nynorsk: stefar m Old English: stēopfæder m Persian: ناپدری (fa) (nâpedari), پدندر (pedandar) Plautdietsch: Steefvoda m Polish: ojczym (pl) m Portuguese: padrasto (pt) m Romanian: tată vitreg (ro) m Russian: о́тчим (ru) m (ótčim), приёмный оте́ц m (prijómnyj otéc) Sardinian: bídrigu m, bítricu m, bídricu m, bídriu m, brídicu m, vídrigu m Scots: stap-faither Scottish Gaelic: oide m, leas-athair m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̏чӯх m, по̀очим m Roman: ȍčūh (sh) m, pòočim (sh) m Slovak: nevlastný otec m, otčim m Slovene: očim (sl) m Southern Altai: ӧӧй ада (ööy ada) Spanish: padrastro (es) m Swedish: styvfar (sv) c, styvpappa, bonuspappa (sv), (colloquial) plastpappa (sv) c Tagalog: amang-panguman Tajik: падарандар (padarandar), падари ӯгай (padar-i ügay) Telugu: సవతితండ్రి (savatitaṇḍri) Turkish: üvey baba (tr) Tuvan: соңгу ада (soñgu ada) Ukrainian: вітчи́м m (vitčým) Uzbek: oʻgay ota Vietnamese: bố dượng, cha kế Volapük: (♂♀) lupal, (♂) hilupal Welsh: llystad m Woiwurrung: (please verify) ynong-marman Yiddish: שטיפֿטאַטע m (shtiftate)

Further reading

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• “stepfather”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “stepfather, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “stepfather”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “stepfather”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “stepfather”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026

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